"sadly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

sadly adverbio

verbo + sadly
Kolokacji: 50
smile sadly • look sadly • say sadly • nod sadly • think sadly • ...
sadly + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 5
sadly familiar • sadly ironic • sadly deficient • sadly disappointed • sadly inadequate
1. sadly familiar = smutno znajomy sadly familiar
2. sadly ironic = smutno ironiczny sadly ironic
3. sadly deficient = smutno niedostateczny sadly deficient
  • Nothing, indeed, could be plainer than the fact that women, as a class, are sadly deficient in the small expertness of men as a class.
  • They had gazillions of dollars, but the one area in which they were sadly deficient was pedigree.
  • I've got a great kitchen, but I'm sadly deficient in some of these home ec details.
  • You must have found our library sadly deficient.
  • The report also said state regulation of home day-care services was sadly deficient.
  • Its studios, built for radio broadcasting in 1933, were sadly deficient.
  • Patrician-looking young lady but sadly deficient in patrician sang-froid.
  • The enemy was sadly deficient in supplies and badly worn down.
  • The state of the priesthood in France at that time was sadly deficient.
  • The Vellant'im had done very well with the latter, but were sadly deficient in the former.
4. sadly disappointed = smutno rozczarować sadly disappointed
5. sadly inadequate = smutno niedostateczny sadly inadequate

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